intenter
\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“intenter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,005. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,005
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diriger contre quelqu’un un procès, une accusation. Il n’est usité que dans ces phrases,
Corpus desk
Index FR-intenter · intenter · French
intenter · rank #36,005 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,005
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH instigation
Nearest frequency peer: instigation (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « intenter »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- inspectrice
inspectrice
63,999 corpus weight
- inspirait
inspirait
63,998 corpus weight
- instigation
instigation
63,997 corpus weight
- intenter
intenter
63,996 corpus weight
- interpellent
interpellent
63,995 corpus weight
- interposer
interposer
63,994 corpus weight
What this shows « intenter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intenter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « intenter »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around intenter (IPA \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,005 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Diriger contre quelqu’un un procès, une accusation. Il n’est usité que dans ces phrases,".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for intenter, with forms such as "inetnter", "inntenter", and "intenetr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "invente", "inventer", "inventée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is intenter, spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Diriger contre quelqu’un un procès, une accusation. Il n’est usité que dans ces phrases,
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intenter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Intenter un procès, intenter une accusation contre quelqu’un, à quelqu’un.
On vous dira que le diable seul a pu produire de telles pierres, et l’on vous intentera un procès en sorcellerie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetnter
- inntenter
- intenetr
- intennter
- intenterr
- intentre
- intentter
- intetner
- intneter
- inttenter
- itnenter
- nitenter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intenter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).